Sony Patent: Sucking Power From another Phone
You’re probably already accustomed to mooching free wi-fi whenever you visit a friend, but according to a new patent Sony filed just last Friday, the company wants you to be able to steal power from a friend’s phone as well, without having to connect a single cable.
Sony has long been a strong supporter of wireless NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, relying on it to make syncing its mobile devices to other hardware, like Bluetooth speakers, considerably easier. But this new patent seems interested in expanding NFC’s capabilities to wirelessly sharing power, in addition to data.
In other words, while this patent outlines an exciting future where you can walk into a room and wirelessly connect to both wi-fi and power, the technology to make it happen still has a lot of catching up to do. So for now, you’ll have to keep stealing your friend’s charging cables instead.
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